Apparatus for renovating fabrics



(No Model.) s. L. SALOMON.

I APPARATUS FOR RENOVATING FABRIGS. No. 342,541. Patented May 25, 1886.

WZZMSSBS. J lnvenl'ar UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

SIEGMUND L. SALOMON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR RENOVATING FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,541, dated May 25,1886.

Application filed February 8, 1886. Serial No. 191,252. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIEGMUND L. SALO- MON, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Apparatus for Renovating Fabrics, of which the following is aspecification.

It is well known that dress fabrics, and particularly piled fabrics, asvelvet-s and plush,

may be renovated and improved in appearance by steaming them; and theobject of my invention is to provide a very simple and inexpensiveapparatus or device whereby the steam may be applied to such fabricsafter r5 they aremade up into garments and without ripping the garmentsapart or moistening the lining. y

The apparatus consists in a steam-chamber or hollow distributer providedwith an inletpipe for steam and an outlet-pipe for steam.

and water of condensation, and which is perforated on one side only, andso'that when the chamber or distributer is introduced between the outerfabric and lining of a gar- 2 5 ment the steam will escape against theback of the fabric, and will, by the imperforate back or opposite sideof the distributer, be

prevented from contact with the lining.

When the apparatus is small and intended 0 for use as a hand implementto be moved about under the fabric, it should have a handle, whereby itmay be held in the hand, and the inlet and outlet pipes may extendthrough an opening in the handle and have flexible 5 continuations,whichpermit of the implement being moved about relatively to asteam-generator, from which it receives its supply of steam.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a planand a longitudinal section of a hand implement embodying my invention;and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the steam-distributer on the planeof the dotted line :0 00, Fig. 1, and also repre- 5 sents a part of theouter or face fabric and lining of a garment.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral figures. The steam chamber or distributerAis here represented asconsisting of a tube, which is closed at the outer end, a, and hasaffixed to its opposite end a handle, B, whereby it may be held in thehand. This tube may be of brass or other material.

As here represented, the handle B, which may be of wood, is hollow, orhas a central cavity, Z), and through this cavityeXt-end thesteam-supply pipe 0 and an outlet-pipe, d, for

steam and water of condensation. Both these pipes communicate with thedistributer A, and they may. have flexible continuations c d,whiehpermit of the implement being read ily moved about relatively to astationary generator, from which it receives the supply of steam. Thisgenerator may be a small portable apparatus heated by an oil, gas, orother burner, and is not shown, as itforms no part of my invention.

The steam-distributer is formed with numerous fine holes orperforations, e, in its one side or top, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, andis imperl'orate on its other side or bottom and around the principalportion of its circumference.

When the implement or apparatus is to be used to renovate the fabric ofa garment, the lining should be loosened from the face-fabric at theedge, if not already loose, so that the chamber or distributer A may beintroduced between them, and the distributer is then ap- 8o plied to thedifferent portions of the face fabric at the back thereof, and with theperforated portion next the face fabric.

In Fig. 3, G designates the face or outer fab ric, and D the lining, ofthe garment, and it will there be seen that the perforations e arepresented toward the fabric 0. The steam issues freely from theperforations for appli cation to the fabric 0, and as the bottom andprincipal portion of the circumference of the distributer A isimperforate the lining D will not be moistened or wet to any materialdegree. This is advantageous, because the lining usually contains moreor less sizing or dressing, and would be impaired in appearance bymoistening or wetting.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The apparatus or implement herein described, for renovating fabrics,consisting of a 10 steam chamber or distributor perforated on one sideonly for the escape of steam, and provided with pipes for the supply anddischarge of steam and water of condensation, substantially as hereinset forth.

2. The implement herein described, comprising the steam-distributer A,perforated for the escape of steam on one side only, and having a hollowhandle, B, and inlet and escape pipes extending through'the hollowhandle, substantially as herein set forth.

3. 1 he implement herein described, comprising the steam-distributer A,perforated for the escape of steam on one side only, and having a hollowhandle, B, and inlet and es- I 5 cape pipes c d,extending through thehandle, and provided with flexible continuations c d, substantially asherein set forth.

- SIEGMUN D L. SALOMON. Witnesses:

Jos. H. DEERY, FREDK. HAYNES.

